Psalms 45:16

Your ¹  sons will carry ²  on the dynasty of your ancestors; ³  you will make them princes throughout the land.

Ps 22:30; Isa 49:21,22; Isa 54:1-5; Isa 60:1-5; Mt 19:29; Mr 10:29,30; Ga 4:26,27; Php 3:7,8; 1Pe 2:9; Re 1:6; Re 5:10; Re 20:6

¹ tn The pronoun is second masculine singular, indicating the king is being addressed from this point to the end of the psalm.

² tn The prefixed verbal form could be taken as jussive and the statement interpreted as a prayer, “May your sons carry on the dynasty of your ancestors!” The next line could then be taken as a relative clause, “[your sons] whom you will make princes throughout the land.”

³ tn Heb “in place of your fathers will be your sons.”